Its story

HIP 12604 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 12604: right ascension 2h 42m 5s, declination +52° 9′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12604. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12604, HD 16654, Gaia DR3 452894856738730880. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.