Its story

HIP 20948 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20948: right ascension 4h 29m 30s, declination +17° 51′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 20948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20948, HD 28406, Gaia DR3 3314212068010812032. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.