Its story

HIP 38196 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 38196: right ascension 7h 49m 32s, declination +12° 48′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38196. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38196, HD 63475, Gaia DR3 3152243731679226240. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.