Its story

HIP 21863 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21863: right ascension 4h 42m 4s, declination +24° 0′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 21863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21863, HD 29745, Gaia DR3 146848750077282816. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.