Its story

HIP 8388 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8388: right ascension 1h 48m 11s, declination −69° 43′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 8388. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8388, HD 11301, Gaia DR3 4694184991495623680. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.