Its story

HIP 12626 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12626: right ascension 2h 42m 18s, declination +12° 50′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12626. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12626, HD 16822, Gaia DR3 25879243838351104. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.