Its story

HIP 8672 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8672: right ascension 1h 51m 40s, declination −13° 14′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8672. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8672, HD 11389, Gaia DR3 2459296250760833280. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.