Its story

HIP 7697 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 7697: right ascension 1h 39m 7s, declination +61° 4′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 7697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 7697, HD 9973, Gaia DR3 509935080451505792. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.