Its story

HIP 12231 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12231: right ascension 2h 37m 28s, declination +64° 6′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12231. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12231, HD 16037, Gaia DR3 515739917727761536. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.