Its story

HIP 16420 has a visual magnitude of about 8.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16420: right ascension 3h 31m 25s, declination +72° 10′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16420, HD 21288, Gaia DR3 543228979724341632. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.