Its story

HIP 62599 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62599: right ascension 12h 49m 38s, declination −45° 54′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 62599. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62599, HD 111434, Gaia DR3 6135105459422166016. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.