Its story

HIP 9796 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9796: right ascension 2h 5m 59s, declination +22° 9′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9796, Gaia DR3 100574222673865472. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.