Its story

HIP 24862 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24862: right ascension 5h 19m 47s, declination −22° 32′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24862, HD 34894, Gaia DR3 2961767464019823104. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.