Its story

HIP 12315 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 12315: right ascension 2h 38m 35s, declination +73° 35′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12315. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12315, HD 15962, Gaia DR3 546781295635018112. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.