Its story

HIP 34721 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34721: right ascension 7h 11m 23s, declination −39° 6′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34721. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34721, HD 55474, Gaia DR3 5565053176279305088. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.