Its story

HIP 6696 has a visual magnitude of about 7.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6696: right ascension 1h 26m 1s, declination −45° 53′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 6696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6696, HD 8808, Gaia DR3 4934345200318300160. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.