Its story

HIP 59598 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59598: right ascension 12h 13m 19s, declination −49° 12′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59598. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59598, HD 106217, Gaia DR3 6130033824602615808. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.