Its story

HIP 118249 has a visual magnitude of about 6.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 118249: right ascension 23h 59m 5s, declination −56° 34′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).

HIP 118249. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118249, HD 224583, Gaia DR3 6496490673491315200. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.