Its story

HIP 16398 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 16398: right ascension 3h 31m 9s, declination +39° 8′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16398, HD 21651, Gaia DR3 235023397872733440. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.