Its story

HIP 20258 has a visual magnitude of about 7.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20258: right ascension 4h 20m 30s, declination +25° 49′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 20258. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20258, HD 27405, Gaia DR3 150523004403600000. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.