Its story

HIP 22172 has a visual magnitude of about 7.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22172: right ascension 4h 46m 12s, declination +26° 2′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 22172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22172, HD 30168, Gaia DR3 148248806336442624. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.