Its story

HIP 5988 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5988: right ascension 1h 17m 1s, declination −42° 31′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 5988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5988, HD 7795, Gaia DR3 4983738664251822080. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.