Its story

HIP 34782 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34782: right ascension 7h 12m 4s, declination −30° 49′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34782. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34782, HD 55568, Gaia DR3 5605930166746409856. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.