Its story

HIP 15972 has a visual magnitude of about 7.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15972: right ascension 3h 25m 38s, declination +45° 30′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 15972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15972, HD 21060, Gaia DR3 242668164786037760. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.