Its story

HIP 34297 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34297: right ascension 7h 6m 36s, declination −12° 23′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34297, HD 53975, Gaia DR3 3044980222001242112. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.