Its story

HIP 12048 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 12048: right ascension 2h 35m 20s, declination −3° 33′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12048, HD 16141, Gaia DR3 2495335115182966016. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.