Its story

HIP 1688 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 1688: right ascension 0h 21m 9s, declination +35° 52′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 1688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1688, HD 1677, Gaia DR3 2876317298661468672. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.