Its story

HIP 12947 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 12947: right ascension 2h 46m 32s, declination −8° 1′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12947. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12947, HD 17311, Gaia DR3 5174476581318091776. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.