Its story

HIP 9741 has a visual magnitude of about 10.08: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9741: right ascension 2h 5m 18s, declination −52° 53′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 9741. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9741, HD 12963, Gaia DR3 4936165888494202880. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.