Its story

HIP 8421 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8421: right ascension 1h 48m 37s, declination −14° 45′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8421. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8421, HD 11080, Gaia DR3 2452937392764584832. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.