Its story

HIP 12556 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 12556: right ascension 2h 41m 31s, declination +22° 14′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12556. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12556, HD 16730, Gaia DR3 88733959911580544. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.