Its story

HIP 12859 has a visual magnitude of about 9.98: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12859: right ascension 2h 45m 20s, declination −58° 22′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 12859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12859, Gaia DR3 4726424356049563648. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.