Its story

HIP 24577 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24577: right ascension 5h 16m 24s, declination −33° 32′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 24577. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24577, HD 34496, Gaia DR3 4826073060516094080. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.