Its story

HIP 23597 has a visual magnitude of about 10.40: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 23597: right ascension 5h 4m 27s, declination +12° 9′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Orion constellation (IAU figure Ori).

HIP 23597. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23597, HD 240530, Gaia DR3 3388211021626187264. In the SkyKeepsake Orion (Ori) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.