Its story

HIP 21260 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21260: right ascension 4h 33m 40s, declination +59° 28′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 21260. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21260, HD 28578, Gaia DR3 471264569297645952. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.