Its story

HIP 15978 has a visual magnitude of about 7.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15978: right ascension 3h 25m 44s, declination +5° 56′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 15978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15978, HD 21243, Gaia DR3 9205253082371712. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.