Its story

HIP 66863 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66863: right ascension 13h 42m 16s, declination +38° 56′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Boötes constellation (IAU figure Boo).

HIP 66863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66863, HD 119410, Gaia DR3 1496705740841588736. In the SkyKeepsake Boötes (Boo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.