Its story

HIP 406 has a visual magnitude of about 7.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 406: right ascension 0h 4m 59s, declination +26° 43′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 406. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 406, Gaia DR3 2853680866802023936. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.