Its story

HIP 12468 has a visual magnitude of about 6.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12468: right ascension 2h 40m 32s, declination +21° 11′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12468. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12468, HD 16629, Gaia DR3 88095418533704064. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.