Its story

HIP 12559 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12559: right ascension 2h 41m 32s, declination +42° 35′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12559. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12559, HD 16655, Gaia DR3 337151226181306880. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.