Its story

HIP 979 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 979: right ascension 0h 12m 6s, declination −54° 21′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 979, HD 789, Gaia DR3 4923755906910157824. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.