Its story

HIP 6423 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6423: right ascension 1h 22m 28s, declination −10° 36′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 6423. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6423, HD 8338, Gaia DR3 2470480036362762240. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.