Its story

HIP 9856 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9856: right ascension 2h 6m 48s, declination +1° 26′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9856, HD 12942, Gaia DR3 2508201806409575808. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.