Its story

HIP 10553 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 10553: right ascension 2h 15m 54s, declination −5° 4′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 10553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 10553, HD 13976, Gaia DR3 2488215914832070144. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.