Its story

HIP 12555 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12555: right ascension 2h 41m 30s, declination +0° 32′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12555. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12555, HD 16786, Gaia DR3 2498872656406350592. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.