Its story

HIP 24540 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 24540: right ascension 5h 15m 54s, declination +30° 29′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24540, HD 34051, Gaia DR3 180184705683355648. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.