Its story

HIP 12675 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12675: right ascension 2h 42m 50s, declination −28° 9′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12675. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12675, HD 17005, Gaia DR3 5069395361699239168. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.