Its story

HIP 469 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 469: right ascension 0h 5m 36s, declination −51° 15′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 469. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 469, HD 79, Gaia DR3 4973430261705904768. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.