Its story

HIP 985 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 985: right ascension 0h 12m 13s, declination −27° 47′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 985, HD 798, Gaia DR3 2321532082365641216. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.