Its story

HIP 12802 has a visual magnitude of about 7.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12802: right ascension 2h 44m 33s, declination +5° 39′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12802. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12802, HD 17065, Gaia DR3 6121947600098304. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.