Its story

HIP 33079 has a visual magnitude of about 6.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33079: right ascension 6h 53m 22s, declination −18° 55′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 33079. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33079, HD 50643, Gaia DR3 2933249774534880000. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.