Its story

HIP 11438 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11438: right ascension 2h 27m 29s, declination −0° 45′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 11438. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11438, HD 15275, Gaia DR3 2499960245204937344. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.