Its story

HIP 6690 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6690: right ascension 1h 25m 55s, declination −8° 30′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6690. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6690, HD 8728, Gaia DR3 2477338411938928896. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.