Its story

HIP 7971 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 7971: right ascension 1h 42m 25s, declination −2° 9′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 7971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7971, HD 10506, Gaia DR3 2505513534839405056. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.