Its story

HIP 12045 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12045: right ascension 2h 35m 17s, declination +78° 31′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 12045. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12045, HD 15380, Gaia DR3 561689745594804352. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.