Its story

HIP 24961 has a visual magnitude of about 7.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24961: right ascension 5h 20m 44s, declination −29° 12′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Columba constellation (IAU figure Col).

HIP 24961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24961, HD 35071, Gaia DR3 2906476460231651328. In the SkyKeepsake Columba (Col) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.