Its story

HIP 5012 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5012: right ascension 1h 4m 15s, declination +55° 50′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 5012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5012, HD 6239, Gaia DR3 411888501857387520. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.