Its story

HIP 34862 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 34862: right ascension 7h 12m 49s, declination −7° 8′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34862, HD 55489, Gaia DR3 3052081211692729344. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.