Its story

HIP 2304 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2304: right ascension 0h 29m 23s, declination −40° 39′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 2304. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2304, HD 2608, Gaia DR3 4993858466193693824. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.