Its story

HIP 12603 has a visual magnitude of about 7.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12603: right ascension 2h 42m 2s, declination +17° 45′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12603. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12603, HD 16791, Gaia DR3 82150634040316032. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.