Its story

HIP 38959 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38959: right ascension 7h 58m 17s, declination +43° 58′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38959, HD 64958, Gaia DR3 923090524629574656. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.