Its story

HIP 12906 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12906: right ascension 2h 45m 55s, declination +65° 43′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12906. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12906, HD 16907, Gaia DR3 516316302333109248. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.