Its story

HIP 12861 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 12861: right ascension 2h 45m 20s, declination +38° 4′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12861, HD 17044, Gaia DR3 333881793996243328. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.