Its story

HIP 32434 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32434: right ascension 6h 46m 12s, declination −37° 46′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 32434. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32434, HD 49336, Gaia DR3 5577211335339622784. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.