Its story

HIP 3497 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 3497: right ascension 0h 44m 40s, declination −65° 39′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 3497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3497, HD 4308, Gaia DR3 4708607629114652032. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.