Its story

HIP 33864 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33864: right ascension 7h 1m 47s, declination −35° 32′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 33864. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33864, HD 52993, Gaia DR3 5578695229361723520. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.