Its story

HIP 12707 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 12707: right ascension 2h 43m 18s, declination +1° 43′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12707. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12707, HD 16971, Gaia DR3 2502346494674857984. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.