Its story

HIP 2236 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2236: right ascension 0h 28m 21s, declination −45° 52′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Phoenix constellation (IAU figure Phe).

HIP 2236. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2236, HD 2480, Gaia DR3 4979910267843164160. In the SkyKeepsake Phoenix (Phe) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.