Its story

HIP 12696 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12696: right ascension 2h 43m 5s, declination +27° 0′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12696, HD 16869, Gaia DR3 126796166247345408. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.