Its story

HIP 8488 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 8488: right ascension 1h 49m 27s, declination +33° 0′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 8488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8488, Gaia DR3 305371388767502080. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.