Its story

HIP 12485 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12485: right ascension 2h 40m 40s, declination −69° 13′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 12485. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12485, HD 17072, Gaia DR3 4646981136249320832. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.