Its story

HIP 12302 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12302: right ascension 2h 38m 25s, declination +57° 2′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12302. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12302, HD 236979, Gaia DR3 457842074948669056. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.