Its story

HIP 13987 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13987: right ascension 3h 0m 8s, declination −47° 25′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 13987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13987, HD 18851, Gaia DR3 4753584178745296896. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.