Its story

HIP 8478 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8478: right ascension 1h 49m 18s, declination +39° 27′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 8478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8478, HD 11044, Gaia DR3 343869139147309184. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.