Its story

HIP 24962 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24962: right ascension 5h 20m 50s, declination +34° 16′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24962. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24962, HD 34698, Gaia DR3 182771616025730176. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.