Its story

HIP 8968 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8968: right ascension 1h 55m 31s, declination +17° 11′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 8968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8968, HD 11729, Gaia DR3 91029323577845888. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.