Its story

HIP 33951 has a visual magnitude of about 7.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33951: right ascension 7h 2m 41s, declination −17° 34′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 33951. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33951, HD 52986, Gaia DR3 2935277445773621248. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.