Its story

HIP 12869 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12869: right ascension 2h 45m 26s, declination +13° 55′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12869. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12869, HD 17150, Gaia DR3 32702327668351488. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.