Its story

HIP 8950 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8950: right ascension 1h 55m 18s, declination +57° 5′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8950. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8950, HD 11577, Gaia DR3 504957934907964672. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.