Its story

HIP 16974 has a visual magnitude of about 6.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16974: right ascension 3h 38m 20s, declination +56° 55′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16974, HD 22316, Gaia DR3 448776116237692928. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.