Its story

HIP 117444 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 117444: right ascension 23h 48m 48s, declination −47° 39′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 117444. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117444, HD 223328, Gaia DR3 6524441152425581568. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.