Its story

HIP 8740 has a visual magnitude of about 8.78: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8740: right ascension 1h 52m 27s, declination +52° 59′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8740. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8740, HD 11308, Gaia DR3 407783784433033600. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.