Its story

HIP 16388 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16388: right ascension 3h 31m 4s, declination +39° 38′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 16388. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16388, HD 21630, Gaia DR3 236724067484754944. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.