Its story

HIP 1880 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1880: right ascension 0h 23m 44s, declination −49° 21′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 1880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1880, HD 1973, Gaia DR3 4973928684071018112. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.