Its story

HIP 4961 has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4961: right ascension 1h 3m 37s, declination +58° 54′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 4961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4961, HD 6147, Gaia DR3 425813507390508160. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.