Its story

HIP 1178 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1178: right ascension 0h 14m 41s, declination +51° 37′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 1178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1178, HD 1011, Gaia DR3 395037558449195648. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.