Its story

HIP 13401 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 13401: right ascension 2h 52m 32s, declination −27° 57′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 13401. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13401, HD 17980, Gaia DR3 5072270481526399616. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.