Its story

HIP 12996 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12996: right ascension 2h 47m 7s, declination +71° 43′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12996, HD 16906, Gaia DR3 545559119741825664. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.