Its story

HIP 9994 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9994: right ascension 2h 8m 42s, declination +0° 55′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9994. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9994, HD 13164, Gaia DR3 2507368307876220928. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.