Its story

HIP 6049 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6049: right ascension 1h 17m 43s, declination +1° 9′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6049, HD 7805, Gaia DR3 2535293601119593472. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.