Its story

HIP 12361 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12361: right ascension 2h 39m 8s, declination −52° 56′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 12361. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12361, HD 16743, Gaia DR3 4742097275828451584. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.