Its story

HIP 61647 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61647: right ascension 12h 38m 16s, declination −47° 6′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 61647. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61647, HD 109842, Gaia DR3 6129123772562794496. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.