Its story

HIP 6872 has a visual magnitude of about 7.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6872: right ascension 1h 28m 26s, declination +37° 4′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 6872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6872, HD 8908, Gaia DR3 322331836662465152. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.