Its story

HIP 3120 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 3120: right ascension 0h 39m 41s, declination −71° 6′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 3120. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3120, HD 3815, Gaia DR3 4690073058527352832. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.