Its story

HIP 278 has a visual magnitude of about 7.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 278: right ascension 0h 3m 27s, declination +55° 33′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 278. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 278, HD 225095, Gaia DR3 420875841188703360. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.