Its story

HIP 59985 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59985: right ascension 12h 18m 11s, declination −65° 39′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 59985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59985, HD 106944, Gaia DR3 5860790743021513728. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.