Its story

HIP 9951 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9951: right ascension 2h 8m 6s, declination −41° 52′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 9951. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9951, HD 13218, Gaia DR3 4957098597022563584. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.