Its story

HIP 9311 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9311: right ascension 1h 59m 37s, declination −46° 15′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 9311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9311, HD 12321, Gaia DR3 4942383214432338944. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.