Its story

HIP 6806 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6806: right ascension 1h 27m 35s, declination −46° 9′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 6806. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6806, HD 8977, Gaia DR3 4934277133674645504. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.