Its story

HIP 16676 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16676: right ascension 3h 34m 36s, declination +33° 0′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16676. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16676, HD 278830, Gaia DR3 217682896911495680. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.