Its story

HIP 22261 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22261: right ascension 4h 47m 36s, declination +45° 59′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 22261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22261, HD 30178, Gaia DR3 254738770936135424. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.