Its story

HIP 116493 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 116493: right ascension 23h 36m 21s, declination +62° 25′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 116493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 116493, HD 221990, Gaia DR3 2015819746216472832. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.