Its story

HIP 12453 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12453: right ascension 2h 40m 21s, declination +49° 33′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12453. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12453, HD 16485, Gaia DR3 438533413808563456. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.