Its story

HIP 5861 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5861: right ascension 1h 15m 10s, declination −44° 37′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 5861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5861, HD 7581, Gaia DR3 4935227283521228800. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.