Its story

HIP 12178 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12178: right ascension 2h 36m 55s, declination +59° 53′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12178, HD 16038, Gaia DR3 465143278831063936. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.