Its story

HIP 7657 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 7657: right ascension 1h 38m 37s, declination −8° 30′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 7657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7657, HD 10098, Gaia DR3 2465469527514212864. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.