Its story

HIP 285 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 285: right ascension 0h 3m 31s, declination −35° 36′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 285. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 285, HD 225112, Gaia DR3 2309562077230700544. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.