Its story

HIP 24981 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24981: right ascension 5h 20m 58s, declination −43° 29′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 24981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24981, HD 35210, Gaia DR3 4800493300453088256. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.