Its story

HIP 5504 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5504: right ascension 1h 10m 31s, declination −6° 5′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5504. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5504, HD 7025, Gaia DR3 2476591121989027840. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.