Its story

HIP 34688 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34688: right ascension 7h 11m 3s, declination −3° 53′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34688, HD 54990, Gaia DR3 3107635376717298432. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.