Its story

HIP 16396 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16396: right ascension 3h 31m 8s, declination −64° 39′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 16396. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16396, HD 22236, Gaia DR3 4673618660858316800. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.