Its story

HIP 12570 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12570: right ascension 2h 41m 39s, declination −30° 3′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12570. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12570, HD 16897, Gaia DR3 5065748659586800256. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.