Its story

HIP 6296 has a visual magnitude of about 7.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6296: right ascension 1h 20m 49s, declination +65° 5′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 6296. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6296, HD 7976, Gaia DR3 524876378316875904. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.