Its story

HIP 16997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16997: right ascension 3h 38m 36s, declination +74° 44′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16997, HD 21910, Gaia DR3 544858318517488128. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.