Its story

HIP 12594 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 12594: right ascension 2h 41m 57s, declination −22° 36′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12594. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12594, HD 16896, Gaia DR3 5125756667040183808. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.