Its story

HIP 9405 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9405: right ascension 2h 0m 49s, declination +13° 23′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9405. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9405, HD 12281, Gaia DR3 76953208215896064. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.