Its story

HIP 21880 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21880: right ascension 4h 42m 14s, declination +2° 59′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 21880. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21880, HD 29839, Gaia DR3 3280928648447247872. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.