Its story

HIP 6601 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 6601: right ascension 1h 24m 47s, declination +20° 9′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 6601. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6601, HD 8542, Gaia DR3 2786520806791439360. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.