Its story

HIP 9343 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 9343: right ascension 1h 59m 58s, declination +6° 2′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9343. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9343, HD 12203, Gaia DR3 2519569450970641408. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.