Its story

HIP 12930 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12930: right ascension 2h 46m 20s, declination +45° 27′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12930. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12930, HD 17115, Gaia DR3 436919949213181824. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.