Its story

HIP 13257 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 13257: right ascension 2h 50m 35s, declination +36° 56′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 13257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13257, HD 17605, Gaia DR3 141513988379856640. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.