Its story

HIP 12744 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 12744: right ascension 2h 43m 51s, declination +25° 38′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12744. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12744, HD 16955, Gaia DR3 114259087990997248. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.