Its story

HIP 11863 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11863: right ascension 2h 33m 5s, declination −14° 43′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 11863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11863, HD 15908, Gaia DR3 5146137837343384576. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.