Its story

HIP 23701 has a visual magnitude of about 9.68: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23701: right ascension 5h 5m 40s, declination +6° 27′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23701, HD 240629, Gaia DR3 3240238398866400256. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.