Its story

HIP 23470 has a visual magnitude of about 8.81: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23470: right ascension 5h 2m 44s, declination −5° 42′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23470. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23470, HD 32394, Gaia DR3 3211511153626507264. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.