Its story

HIP 20886 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20886: right ascension 4h 28m 35s, declination +41° 48′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 20886. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20886, HD 28178, Gaia DR3 228191170059005568. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.