Its story

HIP 8663 has a visual magnitude of about 7.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8663: right ascension 1h 51m 37s, declination +47° 5′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8663. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8663, HD 11252, Gaia DR3 356927214117864576. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.