Its story

HIP 24046 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24046: right ascension 5h 10m 4s, declination +27° 33′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24046. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24046, HD 33252, Gaia DR3 3422042582096699520. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.