Its story

HIP 11796 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11796: right ascension 2h 32m 12s, declination +55° 27′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 11796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11796, HD 15559, Gaia DR3 457276994691302016. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.