Its story

HIP 9406 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9406: right ascension 2h 0m 50s, declination −8° 28′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9406. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9406, HD 12328, Gaia DR3 2463221747790023040. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.