Its story

HIP 68853 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 68853: right ascension 14h 5m 57s, declination −37° 43′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 68853. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68853, HD 123003, Gaia DR3 6120538506602479616. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.