Its story

HIP 16879 has a visual magnitude of about 7.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16879: right ascension 3h 37m 11s, declination +25° 59′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16879, HD 22403, Gaia DR3 69443337640657536. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.