Its story

HIP 15865 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15865: right ascension 3h 24m 22s, declination −18° 28′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 15865. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15865, HD 21162, Gaia DR3 5104994799426979840. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.