Its story

HIP 7873 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 7873: right ascension 1h 41m 18s, declination −75° 39′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 7873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7873, HD 10747, Gaia DR3 4637757986039445504. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.