Its story

HIP 6406 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 6406: right ascension 1h 22m 18s, declination +30° 59′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 6406. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 6406, HD 8246, Gaia DR3 310336817638357120. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.