Its story

HIP 12701 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 12701: right ascension 2h 43m 9s, declination +58° 53′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12701, HD 16718, Gaia DR3 464104961898751104. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.