Its story

HIP 34072 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34072: right ascension 7h 4m 0s, declination −4° 37′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34072. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34072, HD 53177, Gaia DR3 3101555180496270976. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.