Its story

HIP 13246 has a visual magnitude of about 8.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13246: right ascension 2h 50m 30s, declination +11° 52′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 13246. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13246, HD 17662, Gaia DR3 28502060106925824. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.