Its story

HIP 9609 has a visual magnitude of about 7.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9609: right ascension 2h 3m 33s, declination +25° 12′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9609. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9609, HD 12548, Gaia DR3 105306039683564160. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.