Its story

HIP 12500 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12500: right ascension 2h 40m 51s, declination +31° 25′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 12500. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12500, HD 16637, Gaia DR3 133055170548650752. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.