Its story

HIP 118288 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 118288: right ascension 23h 59m 32s, declination −52° 50′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Tucana constellation (IAU figure Tuc).

HIP 118288. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118288, HD 224645, Gaia DR3 6521400281218463744. In the SkyKeepsake Tucana (Tuc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.