Its story

HIP 15897 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15897: right ascension 3h 24m 46s, declination +9° 48′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 15897. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15897, HD 21111, Gaia DR3 12790176385109376. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.