Its story

HIP 6859 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6859: right ascension 1h 28m 16s, declination −12° 14′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6859, HD 8972, Gaia DR3 2458019820840919168. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.