Its story

HIP 13303 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13303: right ascension 2h 51m 13s, declination +8° 17′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 13303. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13303, HD 17761, Gaia DR3 20439788017010944. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.