Its story

HIP 4952 has a visual magnitude of about 7.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4952: right ascension 1h 3m 30s, declination +50° 18′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 4952. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4952, HD 6174, Gaia DR3 404272219170698496. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.