Its story

HIP 12042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12042: right ascension 2h 35m 14s, declination +40° 35′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12042, HD 15980, Gaia DR3 335356032930942336. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.