Its story

HIP 61976 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61976: right ascension 12h 42m 2s, declination +14° 9′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Coma Berenices constellation (IAU figure Com).

HIP 61976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61976, Gaia DR3 3932366610476077056. In the SkyKeepsake Coma Berenices (Com) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.