Its story

HIP 6487 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6487: right ascension 1h 23m 21s, declination −17° 56′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6487. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6487, HD 8447, Gaia DR3 2451106297883283840. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.