Its story

HIP 12551 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12551: right ascension 2h 41m 28s, declination +52° 40′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12551, HD 16593, Gaia DR3 452926051078139264. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.