Its story

HIP 5992 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 5992: right ascension 1h 17m 4s, declination −66° 23′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 5992. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5992, HD 7916, Gaia DR3 4704904435296759552. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.