Its story

HIP 16538 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16538: right ascension 3h 32m 58s, declination +16° 35′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16538, HD 21962, Gaia DR3 42768532716776704. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.