Its story

HIP 4046 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4046: right ascension 0h 51m 51s, declination −56° 34′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 4046. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4046, HD 5080, Gaia DR3 4908443901822985216. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.