Its story

HIP 11557 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11557: right ascension 2h 28m 55s, declination +8° 46′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 11557. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11557, HD 15399, Gaia DR3 22792193144956416. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.