Its story

HIP 9656 has a visual magnitude of about 6.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9656: right ascension 2h 4m 13s, declination +51° 58′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9656, HD 12518, Gaia DR3 359779381641254912. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.