Its story

HIP 12966 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12966: right ascension 2h 46m 47s, declination −5° 49′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12966, HD 17338, Gaia DR3 5183992029822711808. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.