Its story

HIP 11742 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11742: right ascension 2h 31m 32s, declination −32° 2′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 11742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11742, HD 15799, Gaia DR3 5063677317119458304. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.