Its story

HIP 12786 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12786: right ascension 2h 44m 21s, declination −32° 31′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12786. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12786, HD 17168, Gaia DR3 5062854538825753600. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.