Its story

HIP 5247 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 5247: right ascension 1h 7m 12s, declination +63° 56′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 5247. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 5247, Gaia DR3 523433578540463488. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.