Its story

HIP 34861 has a visual magnitude of about 7.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34861: right ascension 7h 12m 49s, declination +25° 44′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Gemini constellation (IAU figure Gem).

HIP 34861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34861, HD 55156, Gaia DR3 870879424711098752. In the SkyKeepsake Gemini (Gem) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.