Its story

HIP 6985 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6985: right ascension 1h 29m 54s, declination +58° 45′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 6985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6985, HD 8992, Gaia DR3 509220771546337920. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.