Its story

HIP 966 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 966: right ascension 0h 11m 56s, declination −42° 10′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 966, HD 770, Gaia DR3 4995360192918817280. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.