Its story

HIP 34696 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34696: right ascension 7h 11m 12s, declination +3° 11′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34696, HD 54989, Gaia DR3 3116078182904708224. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.