Its story

HIP 12619 has a visual magnitude of about 8.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12619: right ascension 2h 42m 13s, declination +42° 41′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12619. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12619, HD 16728, Gaia DR3 337152875448699392. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.