Its story

HIP 12017 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12017: right ascension 2h 35m 1s, declination +22° 27′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12017. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12017, Gaia DR3 89221284080806912. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.