Its story

HIP 3344 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 3344: right ascension 0h 42m 38s, declination −36° 1′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 3344. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3344, HD 4053, Gaia DR3 5004217858592230272. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.