Its story

HIP 12571 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12571: right ascension 2h 41m 41s, declination +26° 56′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12571. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12571, HD 16729, Gaia DR3 126956935463220992. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.