Its story

HIP 12617 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12617: right ascension 2h 42m 11s, declination +42° 10′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12617, HD 16738, Gaia DR3 337085908318953216. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.