Its story

HIP 2998 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 2998: right ascension 0h 38m 7s, declination −27° 37′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 2998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2998, HD 3522, Gaia DR3 2343126662533325312. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.