Its story

HIP 5047 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5047: right ascension 1h 4m 38s, declination −7° 40′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 5047. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5047, HD 6377, Gaia DR3 2475996595437101056. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.