Its story

HIP 281 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 281: right ascension 0h 3m 30s, declination +55° 3′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 281. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 281, HD 236286, Gaia DR3 420464555120052480. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.