Its story

HIP 4956 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 4956: right ascension 1h 3m 34s, declination +61° 12′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 4956. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4956, Gaia DR3 426623091547738240. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.