Its story

HIP 21257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21257: right ascension 4h 33m 38s, declination +16° 19′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 21257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21257, HD 28879, Gaia DR3 3313052014525268224. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.