Its story

HIP 34894 has a visual magnitude of about 8.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 34894: right ascension 7h 13m 10s, declination −20° 34′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 34894. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 34894, HD 55692, Gaia DR3 2930721103947120640. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.