Its story

HIP 24923 has a visual magnitude of about 8.85: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24923: right ascension 5h 20m 25s, declination +11° 36′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 24923. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24923, HD 242780, Gaia DR3 3387381646261643776. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.