Its story

HIP 13258 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 13258: right ascension 2h 50m 37s, declination +15° 42′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 13258. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13258, HD 17660, Gaia DR3 33439176553394048. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.