Its story

HIP 16040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16040: right ascension 3h 26m 34s, declination +60° 16′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16040, HD 21014, Gaia DR3 462319320655724672. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.