Its story

HIP 12829 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 12829: right ascension 2h 44m 57s, declination −48° 40′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 12829. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12829, HD 17302, Gaia DR3 4751823040291621888. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.