Its story

HIP 12763 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12763: right ascension 2h 44m 1s, declination +15° 34′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12763. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12763, HD 17009, Gaia DR3 33571839503161600. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.