Its story

HIP 13259 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 13259: right ascension 2h 50m 37s, declination +43° 18′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 13259. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13259, HD 17569, Gaia DR3 337427822075145600. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.