Its story

HIP 12228 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12228: right ascension 2h 37m 26s, declination +60° 5′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12228. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12228, HD 16088, Gaia DR3 465158259676877440. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.