Its story

HIP 34490 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34490: right ascension 7h 8m 49s, declination −19° 55′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34490. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34490, HD 54639, Gaia DR3 2929519269019483136. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.