Its story

HIP 117640 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 117640: right ascension 23h 51m 28s, declination −32° 25′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 117640. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117640, HD 223655, Gaia DR3 2314131922433868288. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.