Its story

HIP 12358 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12358: right ascension 2h 39m 6s, declination −27° 49′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12358. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12358, HD 16624, Gaia DR3 5069288468553275136. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.