Its story

HIP 118278 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 118278: right ascension 23h 59m 29s, declination −20° 2′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 118278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118278, HD 224619, Gaia DR3 2341817487782612480. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.