Its story

HIP 61696 has a visual magnitude of about 7.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61696: right ascension 12h 38m 47s, declination +39° 18′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 61696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61696, HD 109995, Gaia DR3 1521592327541035520. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.