Its story

HIP 34786 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34786: right ascension 7h 12m 5s, declination −27° 20′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34786. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34786, HD 55523, Gaia DR3 5610126246719003776. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.