Its story

HIP 1996 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1996: right ascension 0h 25m 18s, declination +35° 2′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 1996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1996, HD 2093, Gaia DR3 366199464392604928. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.