Its story

HIP 13458 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13458: right ascension 2h 53m 18s, declination −22° 5′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 13458. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13458, HD 18046, Gaia DR3 5079264337551978112. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.