Its story

HIP 24271 has a visual magnitude of about 8.52: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24271: right ascension 5h 12m 33s, declination −17° 27′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Lepus constellation (IAU figure Lep).

HIP 24271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24271, Gaia DR3 2982652206352410624. In the SkyKeepsake Lepus (Lep) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.