Its story

HIP 9688 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9688: right ascension 2h 4m 38s, declination +26° 15′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 9688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9688, Gaia DR3 105705952678538368. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.