Its story

HIP 33178 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33178: right ascension 6h 54m 20s, declination −31° 48′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 33178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33178, HD 51014, Gaia DR3 5607272807878600960. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.