Its story

HIP 68131 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 68131: right ascension 13h 56m 51s, declination −49° 6′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 68131. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68131, HD 121502, Gaia DR3 6093648785817542656. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.