Its story

HIP 9161 has a visual magnitude of about 7.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9161: right ascension 1h 57m 57s, declination +61° 11′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9161. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9161, HD 11821, Gaia DR3 508252862015456256. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.