Its story

HIP 21871 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 21871: right ascension 4h 42m 9s, declination +8° 51′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 21871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 21871, HD 29808, Gaia DR3 3292594634320953856. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.