Its story

HIP 2462 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2462: right ascension 0h 31m 17s, declination −51° 38′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 2462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2462, HD 2823, Gaia DR3 4926105322741058560. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.