Its story

HIP 12663 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 12663: right ascension 2h 42m 42s, declination +48° 21′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12663. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12663, HD 16746, Gaia DR3 438216445221939712. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.