Its story

HIP 68316 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68316: right ascension 13h 59m 5s, declination +25° 48′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 68316. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68316, HD 122080, Gaia DR3 1258551316104415744. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.