Its story

HIP 34454 has a visual magnitude of about 7.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34454: right ascension 7h 8m 32s, declination −12° 53′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34454. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34454, HD 54493, Gaia DR3 3044868690287476224. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.