Its story

HIP 15948 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15948: right ascension 3h 25m 21s, declination +3° 16′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 15948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15948, HD 21195, Gaia DR3 3269205758550238208. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.