Its story

HIP 23096 has a visual magnitude of about 8.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23096: right ascension 4h 58m 12s, declination −26° 22′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 23096. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23096, HD 31859, Gaia DR3 4880748337791583232. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.