Its story

HIP 974 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 974: right ascension 0h 12m 4s, declination +27° 5′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 974, Gaia DR3 2856765684112654336. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.