Its story

HIP 34917 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 34917: right ascension 7h 13m 28s, declination −29° 10′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34917, HD 55836, Gaia DR3 5606385914317508608. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.