Its story

HIP 16424 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 16424: right ascension 3h 31m 29s, declination +49° 12′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16424. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16424, HD 21620, Gaia DR3 249350103106450048. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.