Its story

HIP 8494 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8494: right ascension 1h 49m 30s, declination +5° 37′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8494, HD 11115, Gaia DR3 2567341478850952192. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.