Its story

HIP 8668 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8668: right ascension 1h 51m 39s, declination +4° 7′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 8668. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8668, Gaia DR3 2512948569905378816. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.