Its story

HIP 5859 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5859: right ascension 1h 15m 10s, declination −15° 9′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5859, HD 7524, Gaia DR3 2455633399571893248. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.