Its story

HIP 12865 has a visual magnitude of about 8.86: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12865: right ascension 2h 45m 23s, declination +56° 33′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 12865. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12865, HD 16964, Gaia DR3 454776602169747968. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.