Its story

HIP 16985 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16985: right ascension 3h 38m 26s, declination +15° 8′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16985, HD 22579, Gaia DR3 41604493500143872. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.