Its story

HIP 16874 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16874: right ascension 3h 37m 8s, declination +53° 58′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16874. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16874, HD 22222, Gaia DR3 444862511976769536. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.