Its story

HIP 5442 has a visual magnitude of about 7.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5442: right ascension 1h 9m 36s, declination −11° 40′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5442. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5442, HD 6927, Gaia DR3 2468947179714297344. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.