Its story

HIP 21486 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21486: right ascension 4h 36m 51s, declination −30° 43′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 21486. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21486, HD 29435, Gaia DR3 4878579825983429248. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.