Its story

HIP 4857 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 4857: right ascension 1h 2m 29s, declination +48° 29′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 4857. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 4857, HD 6060, Gaia DR3 402528771686836480. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.