Its story

HIP 11971 has a visual magnitude of about 6.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11971: right ascension 2h 34m 26s, declination +11° 36′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 11971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11971, HD 15983, Gaia DR3 26042658754047360. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.