Its story

HIP 2868 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2868: right ascension 0h 36m 22s, declination +33° 38′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 2868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2868, HD 3321, Gaia DR3 364936877150585728. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.