Its story

HIP 11938 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11938: right ascension 2h 34m 2s, declination −64° 29′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 11938. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11938, HD 16299, Gaia DR3 4697105397458146304. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.