Its story

HIP 12049 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 12049: right ascension 2h 35m 21s, declination +13° 8′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12049, HD 16084, Gaia DR3 26793315958220160. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.