Its story

HIP 14972 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 14972: right ascension 3h 13m 1s, declination −35° 56′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 14972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 14972, HD 20144, Gaia DR3 5047200379463533184. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.