Its story

HIP 16968 has a visual magnitude of about 8.68: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16968: right ascension 3h 38m 16s, declination +68° 47′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 16968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16968, Gaia DR3 494377849902401536. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.