Its story

HIP 4291 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4291: right ascension 0h 55m 0s, declination −74° 18′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 4291. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4291, HD 5499, Gaia DR3 4685586432628066816. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.