Its story

HIP 112490 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 112490: right ascension 22h 47m 9s, declination −43° 53′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Grus constellation (IAU figure Gru).

HIP 112490. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 112490, HD 215629, Gaia DR3 6543799360301648896. In the SkyKeepsake Grus (Gru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.