Its story

HIP 12277 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12277: right ascension 2h 38m 10s, declination +75° 22′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12277. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12277, HD 15843, Gaia DR3 548645105282003328. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.