Its story

HIP 8995 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8995: right ascension 1h 55m 53s, declination −68° 23′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 8995. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8995, HD 12087, Gaia DR3 4694403210193964672. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.