Its story

HIP 33970 has a visual magnitude of about 7.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33970: right ascension 7h 2m 55s, declination −24° 34′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 33970. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33970, HD 53123, Gaia DR3 2921380168556350464. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.