Its story

HIP 34942 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34942: right ascension 7h 13m 50s, declination +10° 41′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 34942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34942, HD 55557, Gaia DR3 3156829932117061888. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.