Its story

HIP 8296 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8296: right ascension 1h 46m 58s, declination −13° 53′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8296. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8296, HD 10920, Gaia DR3 2453230038951777664. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.