Its story

HIP 11496 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11496: right ascension 2h 28m 16s, declination −36° 20′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 11496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11496, HD 15447, Gaia DR3 4965692616127143680. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.