Its story

HIP 12881 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 12881: right ascension 2h 45m 35s, declination +30° 19′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Triangulum constellation (IAU figure Tri).

HIP 12881. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12881, HD 17119, Gaia DR3 129744987713485824. In the SkyKeepsake Triangulum (Tri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.