Its story

HIP 12270 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12270: right ascension 2h 37m 59s, declination +26° 12′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12270. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12270, Gaia DR3 126533382968229760. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.