Its story

HIP 59040 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59040: right ascension 12h 6m 16s, declination −49° 15′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59040, HD 105136, Gaia DR3 6129799108928203776. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.