Its story

HIP 8261 has a visual magnitude of about 9.57: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 8261: right ascension 1h 46m 24s, declination +63° 43′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 8261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 8261, Gaia DR3 512072359252681600. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.