Its story

HIP 173 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 173: right ascension 0h 2m 12s, declination +47° 34′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 173. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 173, HD 224969, Gaia DR3 387281053668103936. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.