Its story

HIP 5985 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5985: right ascension 1h 16m 59s, declination −2° 16′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5985, HD 7727, Gaia DR3 2531792756096759296. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.