Its story

HIP 12197 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 12197: right ascension 2h 37m 6s, declination −38° 54′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Fornax constellation (IAU figure For).

HIP 12197. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12197, HD 16438, Gaia DR3 4952266655735100416. In the SkyKeepsake Fornax (For) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.