Its story

HIP 6679 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6679: right ascension 1h 25m 41s, declination +2° 58′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6679. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6679, HD 8686, Gaia DR3 2559648367790112896. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.