Its story

HIP 66561 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66561: right ascension 13h 38m 41s, declination −51° 6′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Centaurus constellation (IAU figure Cen).

HIP 66561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66561, HD 118533, Gaia DR3 6069546253985124352. In the SkyKeepsake Centaurus (Cen) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.