Its story

HIP 8880 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8880: right ascension 1h 54m 21s, declination −11° 51′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8880, HD 11676, Gaia DR3 2459910568523099648. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.