Its story

HIP 116856 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116856: right ascension 23h 41m 11s, declination +68° 21′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cepheus constellation (IAU figure Cep).

HIP 116856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116856, HD 222568, Gaia DR3 2214095124727608832. In the SkyKeepsake Cepheus (Cep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.