Its story

HIP 12738 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12738: right ascension 2h 43m 45s, declination +13° 17′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12738, HD 16981, Gaia DR3 31901612621068672. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.