Its story

HIP 5198 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5198: right ascension 1h 6m 28s, declination −39° 51′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 5198. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5198, HD 6629, Gaia DR3 4988181309703540736. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.