Its story

HIP 12879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12879: right ascension 2h 45m 33s, declination −42° 50′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 12879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12879, HD 17324, Gaia DR3 4947619638559927936. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.