Its story

HIP 12851 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 12851: right ascension 2h 45m 13s, declination +78° 36′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12851, HD 16428, Gaia DR3 561526949153816960. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.