Its story

HIP 12972 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12972: right ascension 2h 46m 51s, declination +57° 44′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12972, HD 17088, Gaia DR3 460900229100122368. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.