Its story

HIP 21796 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21796: right ascension 4h 40m 57s, declination −1° 57′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 21796. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21796, HD 29735, Gaia DR3 3229112548081050624. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.