Its story

HIP 24974 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 24974: right ascension 5h 20m 55s, declination −21° 2′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24974, HD 35021, Gaia DR3 2962222386956564480. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.