Its story

HIP 12831 has a visual magnitude of about 8.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12831: right ascension 2h 44m 57s, declination +50° 43′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12831. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12831, HD 16966, Gaia DR3 439061213750413568. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.