Its story

HIP 9179 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9179: right ascension 1h 58m 8s, declination −39° 20′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 9179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9179, HD 12129, Gaia DR3 4961385146182333440. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.