Its story

HIP 36474 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 36474: right ascension 7h 30m 19s, declination −40° 59′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 36474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 36474, HD 59894, Gaia DR3 5584522434831419520. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.