Its story

HIP 15031 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15031: right ascension 3h 13m 42s, declination −65° 49′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 15031. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15031, HD 20449, Gaia DR3 4671823124010076160. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.