Its story

HIP 118179 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 118179: right ascension 23h 58m 22s, declination −63° 0′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).

HIP 118179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118179, HD 224472, Gaia DR3 6487451107363041024. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.