Its story

HIP 4796 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4796: right ascension 1h 1m 34s, declination −6° 47′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 4796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4796, HD 6031, Gaia DR3 2476303943297215104. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.