Its story

HIP 117659 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 117659: right ascension 23h 51m 43s, declination −40° 49′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 117659. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117659, HD 223677, Gaia DR3 6534304252760006016. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.