Its story

HIP 21491 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21491: right ascension 4h 36m 56s, declination +34° 57′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 21491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21491, HD 29157, Gaia DR3 174570148338024576. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.