Its story

HIP 34040 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34040: right ascension 7h 3m 42s, declination +0° 5′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 34040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34040, HD 53055, Gaia DR3 3112790020363188736. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.