Its story

HIP 16221 has a visual magnitude of about 7.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16221: right ascension 3h 28m 59s, declination +14° 59′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16221. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16221, HD 21541, Gaia DR3 42133908347483264. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.