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Sig Hyi has a visual magnitude of about 6.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for Sig Hyi: right ascension 1h 55m 51s, declination −78° 20′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

Sig Hyi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8991, HD 12363, Gaia DR3 4633307815805376000. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.