Its story

HIP 4871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4871: right ascension 1h 2m 37s, declination +59° 17′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 4871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4871, HD 6027, Gaia DR3 425856903740874752. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.