Its story

HIP 13379 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13379: right ascension 2h 52m 12s, declination −0° 39′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 13379. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13379, HD 17873, Gaia DR3 2497898626543047168. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.