Its story

HIP 16268 has a visual magnitude of about 7.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16268: right ascension 3h 29m 43s, declination +16° 45′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16268, HD 21590, Gaia DR3 54819798632949632. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.