Its story

HIP 13431 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13431: right ascension 2h 52m 58s, declination +60° 28′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 13431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13431, HD 17688, Gaia DR3 464665678471946112. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.