Its story

HIP 9254 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9254: right ascension 1h 58m 57s, declination −42° 56′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 9254. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9254, HD 12215, Gaia DR3 4956622852085105280. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.