Its story

HIP 15986 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15986: right ascension 3h 25m 56s, declination +53° 19′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 15986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15986, HD 21028, Gaia DR3 443457507916208896. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.