Its story

HIP 6412 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6412: right ascension 1h 22m 21s, declination −61° 19′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 6412. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6412, HD 8463, Gaia DR3 4715689171192234240. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.