Its story

HIP 61004 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61004: right ascension 12h 30m 11s, declination +5° 52′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Virgo constellation (IAU figure Vir).

HIP 61004. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61004, HD 108816, Gaia DR3 3708512468332342272. In the SkyKeepsake Virgo (Vir) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.