Its story

HIP 36340 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36340: right ascension 7h 28m 47s, declination +15° 6′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 36340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36340, HD 59059, Gaia DR3 3168367416864358528. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.