Its story

HIP 9949 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9949: right ascension 2h 8m 5s, declination +71° 50′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9949. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9949, HD 12715, Gaia DR3 546348981408208256. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.