Its story

HIP 5987 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5987: right ascension 1h 16m 60s, declination −17° 5′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5987. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5987, HD 7751, Gaia DR3 2358379431431471104. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.