Its story

HIP 61540 has a visual magnitude of about 8.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61540: right ascension 12h 36m 30s, declination +44° 53′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 61540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61540, Gaia DR3 1540792583701702912. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.