Its story

HIP 34518 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34518: right ascension 7h 9m 8s, declination +2° 15′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34518, HD 54489, Gaia DR3 3115157685513100544. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.