Its story

HIP 117701 has a visual magnitude of about 7.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117701: right ascension 23h 52m 13s, declination −52° 19′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).

HIP 117701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117701, HD 223724, Gaia DR3 6521671035956592640. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.