Its story

HIP 9579 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9579: right ascension 2h 3m 5s, declination +1° 50′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9579, HD 12549, Gaia DR3 2508450467836151296. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.