Its story

HIP 16226 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16226: right ascension 3h 29m 4s, declination +3° 14′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16226. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16226, HD 21585, Gaia DR3 3268463588201487104. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.