Its story

HIP 16249 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16249: right ascension 3h 29m 25s, declination +69° 27′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16249. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16249, HD 21140, Gaia DR3 494636716170912000. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.