Its story

HIP 6735 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 6735: right ascension 1h 26m 44s, declination −40° 28′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 6735. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6735, HD 8869, Gaia DR3 5008315326113057792. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.