Its story

HIP 20988 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20988: right ascension 4h 30m 4s, declination +32° 30′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 20988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20988, HD 28405, Gaia DR3 171691390674114944. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.