Its story

HIP 12510 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 12510: right ascension 2h 40m 59s, declination +72° 47′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12510. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12510, HD 16256, Gaia DR3 545991124731359744. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.