Its story

HIP 24298 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24298: right ascension 5h 12m 51s, declination +18° 9′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 24298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24298, HD 33707, Gaia DR3 3395487142902571008. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.