Its story

HIP 11986 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11986: right ascension 2h 34m 36s, declination −21° 55′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 11986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11986, HD 16093, Gaia DR3 5126469910784969216. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.