Its story

HIP 1557 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1557: right ascension 0h 19m 23s, declination +67° 19′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 1557. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1557, HD 1478, Gaia DR3 528673335560164224. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.