Its story

HIP 16636 has a visual magnitude of about 7.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16636: right ascension 3h 34m 2s, declination +39° 18′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16636. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16636, HD 21974, Gaia DR3 236469530543412224. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.