Its story

HIP 12161 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12161: right ascension 2h 36m 44s, declination +20° 42′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12161. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12161, HD 16221, Gaia DR3 88147610976583552. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.