Its story

HIP 11870 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 11870: right ascension 2h 33m 9s, declination +58° 27′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 11870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 11870, HD 15641, Gaia DR3 458228106600944000. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.