Its story

HIP 7212 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 7212: right ascension 1h 32m 54s, declination −17° 36′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 7212. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7212, HD 9486, Gaia DR3 2450239367325008896. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.