Its story

HIP 2079 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2079: right ascension 0h 26m 16s, declination −21° 40′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 2079. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2079, HD 2257, Gaia DR3 2360849106346004480. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.