Its story

HIP 24973 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24973: right ascension 5h 20m 55s, declination +40° 53′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24973, HD 34625, Gaia DR3 194811405789498112. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.