Its story

HIP 9516 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9516: right ascension 2h 2m 23s, declination −7° 27′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 9516. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9516, HD 12496, Gaia DR3 2466459706454765056. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.