Its story

HIP 112972 has a visual magnitude of about 7.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 112972: right ascension 22h 52m 46s, declination +60° 54′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cepheus constellation (IAU figure Cep).

HIP 112972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 112972, HD 216572, Gaia DR3 2014647632459342848. In the SkyKeepsake Cepheus (Cep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.