Its story

HIP 34401 has a visual magnitude of about 7.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34401: right ascension 7h 7m 57s, declination −4° 40′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34401. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34401, HD 54250, Gaia DR3 3107486079353669632. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.