Its story

HIP 8196 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8196: right ascension 1h 45m 21s, declination −3° 10′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8196, HD 10776, Gaia DR3 2505199658629507200. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.