Its story

HIP 8847 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8847: right ascension 1h 53m 49s, declination +55° 35′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8847. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8847, HD 11408, Gaia DR3 504712331494109696. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.