Its story

HIP 8521 has a visual magnitude of about 6.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8521: right ascension 1h 49m 55s, declination −4° 51′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8521. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8521, HD 11193, Gaia DR3 2479969023575698048. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.