Its story

HIP 9819 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9819: right ascension 2h 6m 20s, declination −15° 26′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9819. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9819, HD 12944, Gaia DR3 5147880631992794624. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.