Its story

HIP 12398 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12398: right ascension 2h 39m 39s, declination +44° 51′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12398, HD 16430, Gaia DR3 340920077163663744. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.