Its story

HIP 12957 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12957: right ascension 2h 46m 36s, declination +54° 4′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12957, HD 17090, Gaia DR3 453530992933194880. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.