Its story

HIP 12771 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12771: right ascension 2h 44m 9s, declination +7° 23′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Cetus constellation (IAU figure Cet).

HIP 12771. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12771, HD 17030, Gaia DR3 18821371324794368. In the SkyKeepsake Cetus (Cet) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.