Its story

HIP 32838 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32838: right ascension 6h 50m 42s, declination −8° 2′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 32838. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32838, HD 49976, Gaia DR3 3099066126685446272. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.