Its story

HIP 11696 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11696: right ascension 2h 30m 51s, declination +55° 32′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 11696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11696, HD 15407, Gaia DR3 457326850673147264. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.