Its story

HIP 16531 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16531: right ascension 3h 32m 52s, declination −61° 0′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 16531. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16531, HD 22382, Gaia DR3 4722730924693019776. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.