Its story

HIP 34382 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34382: right ascension 7h 7m 45s, declination −32° 23′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 34382. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34382, HD 54500, Gaia DR3 5604182011974426624. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.