Its story

HIP 9861 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9861: right ascension 2h 6m 51s, declination +37° 38′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 9861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9861, HD 12859, Gaia DR3 330725027392844416. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.