Its story

HIP 8491 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 8491: right ascension 1h 49m 28s, declination +24° 40′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 8491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8491, HD 11085, Gaia DR3 291292589050101888. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.