Its story

HIP 12975 has a visual magnitude of about 7.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12975: right ascension 2h 46m 53s, declination +12° 15′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12975. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12975, HD 17285, Gaia DR3 25588629171332096. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.