Its story

HIP 15980 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 15980: right ascension 3h 25m 48s, declination +25° 52′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 15980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15980, HD 21168, Gaia DR3 117288620483136896. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.