Its story

HIP 16143 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16143: right ascension 3h 28m 1s, declination +20° 27′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16143. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16143, HD 21437, Gaia DR3 57975397004372224. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.