Its story

HIP 38863 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38863: right ascension 7h 57m 13s, declination −63° 17′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 38863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38863, HD 65908, Gaia DR3 5287996037288398720. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.