Its story

HIP 59603 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59603: right ascension 12h 13m 22s, declination −56° 53′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 59603. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59603, HD 106218, Gaia DR3 6072437935220930560. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.