Its story

HIP 12516 has a visual magnitude of about 9.37: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 12516: right ascension 2h 41m 4s, declination +57° 30′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Cassiopeia constellation (IAU figure Cas).

HIP 12516. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 12516, HD 16495, Gaia DR3 457885058980788608. In the SkyKeepsake Cassiopeia (Cas) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.