Its story

HIP 16551 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16551: right ascension 3h 33m 8s, declination +19° 22′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16551, HD 21975, Gaia DR3 57606437836180224. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.