Its story

HIP 16449 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16449: right ascension 3h 31m 54s, declination −25° 36′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 16449. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16449, HD 21997, Gaia DR3 5084963312478488960. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.