Its story

HIP 23478 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23478: right ascension 5h 2m 47s, declination +53° 45′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 23478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23478, HD 233053, Gaia DR3 266940880399355392. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.