Its story

HIP 117842 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 117842: right ascension 23h 54m 2s, declination +56° 29′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 117842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 117842, HD 223969, Gaia DR3 1995033410178846464. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.