Its story

HIP 20996 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 20996: right ascension 4h 30m 9s, declination +57° 4′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 20996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 20996, HD 237271, Gaia DR3 278218433726117504. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.