Its story

HIP 12297 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12297: right ascension 2h 38m 23s, declination +68° 3′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12297, HD 16066, Gaia DR3 517593041489613440. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.