Its story

HIP 16158 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16158: right ascension 3h 28m 13s, declination +7° 18′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16158. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16158, HD 21496, Gaia DR3 9994255754844928. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.