Its story

HIP 23643 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23643: right ascension 5h 4m 55s, declination −3° 2′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23643. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23643, HD 32686, Gaia DR3 3213220962927098880. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.