Its story

HIP 6685 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6685: right ascension 1h 25m 46s, declination +70° 58′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 6685. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6685, HD 8424, Gaia DR3 534055994734590464. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.