Its story

HIP 16712 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16712: right ascension 3h 35m 1s, declination +60° 2′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16712. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16712, HD 21903, Gaia DR3 450345084978808704. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.