Its story

HIP 12628 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 12628: right ascension 2h 42m 18s, declination +34° 17′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 12628. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12628, HD 16773, Gaia DR3 134737492059770240. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.