Its story

HIP 8526 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 8526: right ascension 1h 49m 58s, declination −29° 2′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 8526. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8526, HD 11249, Gaia DR3 5024054250948321536. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.