Its story

HIP 9495 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9495: right ascension 2h 2m 11s, declination −45° 50′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 9495. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9495, HD 12586, Gaia DR3 4943919197816652800. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.