Its story

HIP 12291 has a visual magnitude of about 9.05: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12291: right ascension 2h 38m 20s, declination +11° 45′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12291. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12291, Gaia DR3 25313128493354112. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.