Its story

HIP 24179 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24179: right ascension 5h 11m 30s, declination +53° 14′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24179, HD 33201, Gaia DR3 266149747423303936. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.