Its story

HIP 7140 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 7140: right ascension 1h 32m 1s, declination −6° 43′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 7140. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7140, HD 9359, Gaia DR3 2478706822878615552. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.