Its story

HIP 6564 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6564: right ascension 1h 24m 21s, declination −6° 54′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6564. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6564, HD 8556, Gaia DR3 2478536467296884864. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.