Its story

HIP 113971 has a visual magnitude of about 7.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 113971: right ascension 23h 4m 54s, declination −76° 55′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Octans constellation (IAU figure Oct).

HIP 113971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 113971, HD 217689, Gaia DR3 6354233728786102272. In the SkyKeepsake Octans (Oct) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.