Its story

HIP 12496 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12496: right ascension 2h 40m 47s, declination +2° 53′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12496. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12496, HD 16708, Gaia DR3 2502823888879740672. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.