Its story

HIP 9720 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9720: right ascension 2h 5m 1s, declination +64° 23′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9720. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9720, HD 12509, Gaia DR3 515060522622174080. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.