Its story

HIP 24478 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24478: right ascension 5h 15m 11s, declination −28° 20′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 24478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24478, HD 34295, Gaia DR3 2954791234539940864. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.