Its story

HIP 27494 has a visual magnitude of about 7.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 27494: right ascension 5h 49m 19s, declination +34° 12′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 27494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 27494, HD 38723, Gaia DR3 3454494599073051136. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.