Its story

HIP 24598 has a visual magnitude of about 7.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24598: right ascension 5h 16m 35s, declination −25° 19′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24598. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24598, HD 34473, Gaia DR3 2956515268772234240. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.