Its story

HIP 24856 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24856: right ascension 5h 19m 42s, declination +36° 55′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24856, HD 34508, Gaia DR3 187077681519102720. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.