Its story

HIP 64899 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 64899: right ascension 13h 18m 8s, declination −55° 15′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 64899. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 64899, HD 115434, Gaia DR3 6066988819996247040. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.