Its story

HIP 9948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9948: right ascension 2h 8m 4s, declination +15° 48′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9948, HD 13057, Gaia DR3 78453285673663872. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.