Its story

HIP 12027 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12027: right ascension 2h 35m 6s, declination −62° 23′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydrus constellation (IAU figure Hyi).

HIP 12027. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12027, HD 16390, Gaia DR3 4724576077002831872. In the SkyKeepsake Hydrus (Hyi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.