Its story

HIP 20851 has a visual magnitude of about 7.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20851: right ascension 4h 28m 5s, declination +35° 1′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 20851. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20851, HD 28169, Gaia DR3 173342994577281152. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.