Its story

HIP 12657 has a visual magnitude of about 9.09: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12657: right ascension 2h 42m 36s, declination +12° 44′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12657, Gaia DR3 25841791723534848. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.