Its story

HIP 22872 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 22872: right ascension 4h 55m 11s, declination +20° 18′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 22872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 22872, HD 31280, Gaia DR3 3411624434545785344. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.