Its story

HIP 12646 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12646: right ascension 2h 42m 29s, declination +15° 13′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12646. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12646, HD 16847, Gaia DR3 33160965751802368. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.