Its story

HIP 6978 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6978: right ascension 1h 29m 52s, declination +31° 0′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 6978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6978, HD 9070, Gaia DR3 315377872293129344. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.