Its story

HIP 5991 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5991: right ascension 1h 17m 4s, declination +27° 59′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 5991. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5991, HD 7685, Gaia DR3 308588525430308608. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.