Its story

HIP 12090 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12090: right ascension 2h 35m 50s, declination −1° 49′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12090. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12090, HD 16191, Gaia DR3 2496773345111538176. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.