Its story

HIP 16012 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16012: right ascension 3h 26m 11s, declination −30° 37′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 16012. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16012, HD 21411, Gaia DR3 5056511692465250304. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.