Its story

HIP 1493 has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1493: right ascension 0h 18m 38s, declination +31° 31′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 1493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1493, HD 1439, Gaia DR3 2862418101591981568. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.