Its story

HIP 9690 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9690: right ascension 2h 4m 40s, declination +65° 6′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9690. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9690, HD 12468, Gaia DR3 518118951651059200. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.