Its story

HIP 20255 has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20255: right ascension 4h 20m 25s, declination +18° 44′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 20255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20255, HD 27429, Gaia DR3 47752481485851136. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.