Its story

HIP 9517 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9517: right ascension 2h 2m 25s, declination +12° 41′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9517, HD 12456, Gaia DR3 76658195502296576. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.