Its story

HIP 12435 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12435: right ascension 2h 40m 2s, declination −30° 38′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12435. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12435, HD 16733, Gaia DR3 5064205117059841664. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.