Its story

HIP 24688 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24688: right ascension 5h 17m 44s, declination −54° 28′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Dorado constellation (IAU figure Dor).

HIP 24688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24688, HD 34914, Gaia DR3 4770231029603914368. In the SkyKeepsake Dorado (Dor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.