Its story

HIP 12725 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12725: right ascension 2h 43m 35s, declination +43° 32′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12725. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12725, HD 16855, Gaia DR3 337589725162376448. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.