Its story

HIP 9683 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 9683: right ascension 2h 4m 34s, declination +25° 24′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9683. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9683, HD 12661, Gaia DR3 105332908999068032. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.