Its story

HIP 24966 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24966: right ascension 5h 20m 52s, declination −25° 32′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24966, HD 35055, Gaia DR3 2957766135047907328. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.