Its story

HIP 27178 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27178: right ascension 5h 45m 36s, declination +42° 51′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 27178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27178, HD 38130, Gaia DR3 193051877945430144. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.