Its story

HIP 34474 has a visual magnitude of about 7.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34474: right ascension 7h 8m 43s, declination +10° 1′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 34474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34474, HD 54300, Gaia DR3 3159315275073781248. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.