Its story

HIP 3171 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 3171: right ascension 0h 40m 25s, declination +59° 30′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 3171. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3171, HD 3699, Gaia DR3 425479599451987584. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.