Its story

HIP 9563 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9563: right ascension 2h 2m 52s, declination −2° 22′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9563. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9563, HD 12538, Gaia DR3 2504754425139821312. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.