Its story

HIP 16179 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 16179: right ascension 3h 28m 25s, declination +74° 57′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16179, Gaia DR3 547901972862235648. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.