Its story

HIP 16959 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16959: right ascension 3h 38m 10s, declination −59° 46′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 16959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16959, HD 22989, Gaia DR3 4728825002249947904. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.