Its story

HIP 9698 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 9698: right ascension 2h 4m 44s, declination +30° 42′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 9698. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9698, HD 12676, Gaia DR3 301234544987365760. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.