Its story

HIP 2957 has a visual magnitude of about 7.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2957: right ascension 0h 37m 33s, declination −53° 43′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 2957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2957, HD 3509, Gaia DR3 4921807228708564992. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.