Its story

HIP 9639 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9639: right ascension 2h 3m 54s, declination −17° 30′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9639. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9639, HD 12685, Gaia DR3 5138572647588952832. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.