Its story

HIP 24596 has a visual magnitude of about 8.88: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 24596: right ascension 5h 16m 34s, declination −5° 3′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 24596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24596, HD 34342, Gaia DR3 3210245684462099456. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.