Its story

HIP 2561 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2561: right ascension 0h 32m 34s, declination −28° 45′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 2561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2561, HD 2949, Gaia DR3 2319111713675228160. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.