Its story

HIP 34940 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34940: right ascension 7h 13m 48s, declination −22° 54′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34940, HD 55856, Gaia DR3 2927919754482160000. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.