Its story

HIP 6397 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6397: right ascension 1h 22m 10s, declination −46° 13′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 6397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6397, HD 8382, Gaia DR3 4934126363144491008. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.