Its story

HIP 401 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 401: right ascension 0h 4m 56s, declination +56° 3′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 401. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 401, HD 240493, Gaia DR3 420868831800928640. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.