Its story

HIP 24049 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24049: right ascension 5h 10m 5s, declination +31° 55′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 24049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24049, HD 33217, Gaia DR3 181322661559812608. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.