Its story

HIP 24746 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24746: right ascension 5h 18m 22s, declination +0° 35′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 24746. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24746, HD 34550, Gaia DR3 3221714965129107456. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.