Its story

HIP 1292 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1292: right ascension 0h 16m 15s, declination −79° 51′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 1292. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1292, HD 1237, Gaia DR3 4634528720388462592. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.