Its story

HIP 9679 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9679: right ascension 2h 4m 31s, declination −58° 20′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 9679. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9679, HD 12905, Gaia DR3 4715125190445927424. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.