Its story

HIP 12391 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 12391: right ascension 2h 39m 35s, declination −66° 57′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 12391. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12391, HD 16939, Gaia DR3 4695493341613310976. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.