Its story

HIP 19973 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19973: right ascension 4h 16m 59s, declination +70° 41′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 19973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19973, HD 26476, Gaia DR3 500198492660511744. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.