Its story

HIP 8656 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8656: right ascension 1h 51m 33s, declination +49° 52′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8656, HD 11223, Gaia DR3 357819639602775040. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.