Its story

HIP 12409 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12409: right ascension 2h 39m 47s, declination −35° 1′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12409. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12409, HD 16715, Gaia DR3 5062090928000687488. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.