Its story

HIP 16561 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16561: right ascension 3h 33m 13s, declination −53° 24′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 16561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16561, Gaia DR3 4735679082859441152. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.