Its story

HIP 16958 has a visual magnitude of about 6.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16958: right ascension 3h 38m 10s, declination −31° 17′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 16958. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16958, HD 22728, Gaia DR3 5055493652073939200. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.