Its story

HIP 34231 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34231: right ascension 7h 5m 48s, declination +11° 13′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 34231. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34231, HD 53538, Gaia DR3 3159772328312877568. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.