Its story

HIP 878 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 878: right ascension 0h 10m 46s, declination −21° 56′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 878. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 878, HD 655, Gaia DR3 2340375065966116864. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.