Its story

HIP 34601 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 34601: right ascension 7h 10m 1s, declination −28° 44′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34601. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34601, HD 55019, Gaia DR3 5609406753792697344. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.