Its story

HIP 6687 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6687: right ascension 1h 25m 52s, declination −3° 55′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6687, HD 8713, Gaia DR3 2482538517822679296. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.