Its story

HIP 8548 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8548: right ascension 1h 50m 16s, declination −6° 42′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8548. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8548, HD 11226, Gaia DR3 2467122570235222016. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.