Its story

HIP 12070 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12070: right ascension 2h 35m 38s, declination −14° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12070. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12070, HD 16202, Gaia DR3 5134065234030104192. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.