Its story

HIP 12642 has a visual magnitude of about 11.19: it is very faint and needs a capable telescope (or deep imaging) to resolve.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12642: right ascension 2h 42m 26s, declination +18° 14′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 12642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12642, Gaia DR3 82945061255798144. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.