Its story

HIP 61188 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61188: right ascension 12h 32m 16s, declination −56° 28′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 61188. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61188, HD 109078, Gaia DR3 6073390421521460224. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.