Its story

HIP 11873 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11873: right ascension 2h 33m 9s, declination +42° 53′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 11873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11873, HD 15753, Gaia DR3 340322213422961792. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.