Its story

HIP 34166 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34166: right ascension 7h 5m 6s, declination −21° 27′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34166. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34166, HD 53672, Gaia DR3 2929118050359777920. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.