Its story

HIP 9918 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 9918: right ascension 2h 7m 40s, declination +51° 5′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 9918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9918, HD 12883, Gaia DR3 358913000838084352. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.