Its story

HIP 2557 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 2557: right ascension 0h 32m 30s, declination +51° 43′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 2557. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2557, HD 2873, Gaia DR3 415901238262557696. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.