Its story

HIP 13271 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 13271: right ascension 2h 50m 48s, declination −39° 55′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 13271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13271, HD 17864, Gaia DR3 4949158198924394496. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.