Its story

HIP 68162 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68162: right ascension 13h 57m 17s, declination −56° 2′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 68162. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68162, HD 121504, Gaia DR3 5872266689455300608. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.