Its story

HIP 9285 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9285: right ascension 1h 59m 20s, declination −26° 25′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 9285. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9285, HD 12206, Gaia DR3 5024817483816519424. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.