Its story

HIP 16749 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16749: right ascension 3h 35m 29s, declination +59° 31′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16749. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16749, HD 21960, Gaia DR3 450249569199532160. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.