Its story

HIP 16416 has a visual magnitude of about 7.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16416: right ascension 3h 31m 24s, declination +17° 48′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16416. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16416, HD 21796, Gaia DR3 56586679458707328. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.