Its story

HIP 9971 has a visual magnitude of about 9.71: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 9971: right ascension 2h 8m 24s, declination +28° 18′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 9971. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 9971, Gaia DR3 107511930591409280. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.