Its story

HIP 12714 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12714: right ascension 2h 43m 24s, declination −34° 5′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12714. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12714, HD 17060, Gaia DR3 5062611443676917888. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.