Its story

HIP 13869 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13869: right ascension 2h 58m 37s, declination +2° 7′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 13869. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13869, HD 18509, Gaia DR3 1301929142132608. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.