Its story

HIP 8945 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8945: right ascension 1h 55m 14s, declination −58° 21′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 8945. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8945, HD 11903, Gaia DR3 4717981481137833984. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.