Its story

HIP 6989 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6989: right ascension 1h 29m 58s, declination −15° 43′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6989. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6989, HD 9158, Gaia DR3 2451787720215196672. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.