Its story

HIP 12918 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 12918: right ascension 2h 46m 6s, declination +53° 14′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12918, HD 17033, Gaia DR3 453048994519816832. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.