Its story

HIP 2978 has a visual magnitude of about 8.89: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 2978: right ascension 0h 37m 55s, declination +39° 21′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Andromeda constellation (IAU figure And).

HIP 2978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 2978, HD 3466, Gaia DR3 368669723423080448. In the SkyKeepsake Andromeda (And) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.