Its story

HIP 12998 has a visual magnitude of about 8.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12998: right ascension 2h 47m 8s, declination +22° 36′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12998. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12998, HD 17284, Gaia DR3 112668537046516608. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.