Its story

HIP 39272 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39272: right ascension 8h 1m 51s, declination −44° 35′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 39272. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39272, HD 66478, Gaia DR3 5532683897561206016. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.