Its story

HIP 9882 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9882: right ascension 2h 7m 9s, declination +7° 18′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9882. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9882, HD 12973, Gaia DR3 2521232771545400832. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.