Its story

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

Equatorial coordinates for Eta Oct: right ascension 10h 59m 13s, declination −84° 35′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

Eta Oct. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53702, HD 96124, Gaia DR3 5191251074311205888. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.