Its story

HIP 24397 has a visual magnitude of about 7.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24397: right ascension 5h 14m 2s, declination +51° 25′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24397, HD 33580, Gaia DR3 262575540063728384. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.