Its story

HIP 8947 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8947: right ascension 1h 55m 15s, declination +15° 20′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 8947. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8947, HD 11707, Gaia DR3 90220671430909056. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.