Its story

HIP 12300 has a visual magnitude of about 6.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12300: right ascension 2h 38m 25s, declination −37° 59′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12300. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12300, HD 16589, Gaia DR3 4953450417440881792. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.