Its story

HIP 12363 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 12363: right ascension 2h 39m 9s, declination −9° 49′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12363. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12363, HD 16569, Gaia DR3 5173862607153332224. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.