Its story

HIP 12053 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12053: right ascension 2h 35m 22s, declination +30° 40′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 12053. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12053, HD 16042, Gaia DR3 132946318897051648. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.