Its story

HIP 12518 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12518: right ascension 2h 41m 7s, declination +18° 48′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12518, HD 16694, Gaia DR3 84532279305322368. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.