Its story

HIP 12731 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12731: right ascension 2h 43m 39s, declination +17° 32′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12731, HD 16969, Gaia DR3 82107684367412864. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.