Its story

HIP 6979 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 6979: right ascension 1h 29m 51s, declination +60° 15′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 6979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6979, HD 8965, Gaia DR3 509466654140182400. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.