Its story

HIP 12754 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12754: right ascension 2h 43m 56s, declination −7° 54′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12754. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12754, HD 17039, Gaia DR3 5177491888878135424. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.