Its story

HIP 16996 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 16996: right ascension 3h 38m 36s, declination +24° 36′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 16996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16996, HD 22569, Gaia DR3 68444534406201600. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.