Its story

HIP 15979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15979: right ascension 3h 25m 48s, declination +53° 55′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 15979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15979, HD 21004, Gaia DR3 446568679146449024. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.