Its story

HIP 2271 has a visual magnitude of about 5.64: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2271: right ascension 0h 28m 57s, declination +48° 24′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 2271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2271, HD 2486, Gaia DR3 391083714634724224. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.