Its story

HIP 9049 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9049: right ascension 1h 56m 35s, declination −32° 8′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 9049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9049, HD 11943, Gaia DR3 5018074110284274176. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.