Its story

HIP 16978 has a visual magnitude of about 9.57: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 16978: right ascension 3h 38m 22s, declination −24° 0′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 16978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 16978, HD 22736, Gaia DR3 5085632915059176448. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.