Its story

HIP 12238 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12238: right ascension 2h 37m 34s, declination +20° 34′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12238, HD 16302, Gaia DR3 87955711837521920. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.