Its story

HIP 118251 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 118251: right ascension 23h 59m 7s, declination +41° 10′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 118251. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 118251, Gaia DR3 2882262529831237120. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.