Its story

HIP 12648 has a visual magnitude of about 7.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12648: right ascension 2h 42m 30s, declination +40° 15′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12648. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12648, HD 16772, Gaia DR3 335146679045415296. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.