Its story

HIP 8257 has a visual magnitude of about 7.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8257: right ascension 1h 46m 19s, declination +43° 42′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 8257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8257, HD 10773, Gaia DR3 349434489051204096. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.