Its story

HIP 12656 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12656: right ascension 2h 42m 36s, declination +61° 35′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12656, HD 16626, Gaia DR3 465680699502824192. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.