Its story

HIP 5696 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5696: right ascension 1h 13m 18s, declination +62° 49′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 5696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5696, HD 7156, Gaia DR3 523088434971566336. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.