Its story

HIP 6871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6871: right ascension 1h 28m 26s, declination +57° 49′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 6871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6871, HD 8834, Gaia DR3 413086179253509504. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.