Its story

HIP 16503 has a visual magnitude of about 6.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16503: right ascension 3h 32m 27s, declination −25° 39′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 16503. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16503, HD 22053, Gaia DR3 5084915415000496384. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.