Its story

HIP 6428 has a visual magnitude of about 7.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6428: right ascension 1h 22m 34s, declination −3° 48′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6428. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6428, HD 8337, Gaia DR3 2483329101042867200. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.