Its story

HIP 16656 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16656: right ascension 3h 34m 19s, declination +59° 44′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16656, HD 21843, Gaia DR3 450305536913087104. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.