Its story

HIP 12616 has a visual magnitude of about 8.61: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12616: right ascension 2h 42m 11s, declination +14° 36′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12616. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12616, Gaia DR3 32996588763444736. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.