Its story

HIP 24621 has a visual magnitude of about 7.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24621: right ascension 5h 16m 50s, declination −24° 35′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24621. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24621, Gaia DR3 2958105884140545024. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.