Its story

HIP 33170 has a visual magnitude of about 7.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33170: right ascension 6h 54m 15s, declination −34° 13′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 33170. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33170, HD 51042, Gaia DR3 5579734916388215808. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.