Its story

HIP 23976 has a visual magnitude of about 7.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23976: right ascension 5h 9m 12s, declination +18° 57′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23976. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23976, HD 33172, Gaia DR3 3407646573274706432. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.