Its story

HIP 6717 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6717: right ascension 1h 26m 27s, declination −0° 23′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6717. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6717, HD 8779, Gaia DR3 2533996486636141056. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.