Its story

HIP 1256 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 1256: right ascension 0h 15m 45s, declination +39° 1′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 1256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 1256, HD 1129, Gaia DR3 379872784838360704. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.