Its story

HIP 13883 has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13883: right ascension 2h 58m 47s, declination −9° 46′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 13883. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13883, HD 18557, Gaia DR3 5173126346679474432. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.