Its story

HIP 57973 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 57973: right ascension 11h 53m 29s, declination −61° 16′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 57973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57973, HD 103285, Gaia DR3 5335155014417546240. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.