Its story

HIP 5561 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 5561: right ascension 1h 11m 19s, declination −59° 12′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 5561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5561, HD 7212, Gaia DR3 4909229983916944384. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.