Its story

HIP 19870 has a visual magnitude of about 7.65: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19870: right ascension 4h 15m 43s, declination +20° 49′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 19870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19870, HD 26874, Gaia DR3 49365087086285184. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.