Its story

HIP 16196 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16196: right ascension 3h 28m 40s, declination +50° 26′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16196, HD 21332, Gaia DR3 441818754555583744. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.