Its story

HIP 113704 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 113704: right ascension 23h 1m 43s, declination −52° 5′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Grus constellation (IAU figure Gru).

HIP 113704. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 113704, HD 217471, Gaia DR3 6512811411778325504. In the SkyKeepsake Grus (Gru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.