Its story

HIP 866 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 866: right ascension 0h 10m 39s, declination +56° 3′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 866. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 866, HD 612, Gaia DR3 420774960996333824. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.