Its story

HIP 12900 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12900: right ascension 2h 45m 49s, declination −62° 43′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 12900. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12900, HD 17538, Gaia DR3 4721413263086465152. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.