Its story

HIP 21979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21979: right ascension 4h 43m 30s, declination −52° 32′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Dorado constellation (IAU figure Dor).

HIP 21979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21979, HD 30294, Gaia DR3 4778010246169086720. In the SkyKeepsake Dorado (Dor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.