Its story

HIP 12740 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12740: right ascension 2h 43m 48s, declination +12° 1′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12740. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12740, HD 16984, Gaia DR3 25566570219250816. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.