Its story

HIP 34973 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34973: right ascension 7h 14m 10s, declination −18° 59′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34973, HD 55904, Gaia DR3 2931180905966010368. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.