Its story

HIP 1766 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1766: right ascension 0h 22m 21s, declination −50° 59′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 1766. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1766, HD 1817, Gaia DR3 4972969119657226368. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.