Its story

HIP 12342 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12342: right ascension 2h 38m 56s, declination −54° 50′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 12342. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12342, Gaia DR3 4741233815603040256. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.