Its story

HIP 34701 has a visual magnitude of about 7.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34701: right ascension 7h 11m 15s, declination −39° 16′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34701, HD 55449, Gaia DR3 5564862685888803840. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.