Its story

HIP 4997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4997: right ascension 1h 4m 2s, declination −40° 31′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 4997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4997, HD 6367, Gaia DR3 4988043149195248640. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.