Its story

HIP 8696 has a visual magnitude of about 9.05: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8696: right ascension 1h 51m 54s, declination +51° 11′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8696, HD 11251, Gaia DR3 359533327257625600. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.