Its story

HIP 8985 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8985: right ascension 1h 55m 48s, declination −55° 4′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 8985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8985, HD 11956, Gaia DR3 4719726509170541056. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.