Its story

HIP 118256 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 118256: right ascension 23h 59m 10s, declination −42° 14′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 118256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118256, HD 224596, Gaia DR3 6533188763853384960. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.