Its story

HIP 16966 has a visual magnitude of about 7.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16966: right ascension 3h 38m 16s, declination +47° 34′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16966, HD 22401, Gaia DR3 248229528957381248. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.