Its story

HIP 13253 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13253: right ascension 2h 50m 34s, declination +22° 6′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 13253. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13253, HD 17649, Gaia DR3 109581005316162816. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.