Its story

HIP 21017 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21017: right ascension 4h 30m 25s, declination +39° 52′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 21017. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21017, HD 28393, Gaia DR3 179701569105203840. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.