Its story

HIP 10242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 10242: right ascension 2h 11m 43s, declination +3° 27′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 10242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 10242, HD 13467, Gaia DR3 2515011253719106048. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.