Its story

HIP 8970 has a visual magnitude of about 7.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8970: right ascension 1h 55m 35s, declination +26° 6′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 8970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8970, HD 11721, Gaia DR3 297487409359766784. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.