Its story

HIP 12715 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 12715: right ascension 2h 43m 25s, declination −69° 9′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 12715. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12715, HD 17374, Gaia DR3 4646938461454232064. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.