Its story

HIP 4588 has a visual magnitude of about 7.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4588: right ascension 0h 58m 44s, declination −51° 15′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 4588. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4588, HD 5783, Gaia DR3 4928427422579124224. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.