Its story

HIP 12507 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12507: right ascension 2h 40m 56s, declination −21° 55′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12507. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12507, HD 16783, Gaia DR3 5126001896788772864. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.