Its story

HIP 2229 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 2229: right ascension 0h 28m 15s, declination +42° 10′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 2229. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2229, HD 2422, Gaia DR3 382113825757567104. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.