Its story

HIP 38512 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38512: right ascension 7h 53m 14s, declination −34° 56′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38512. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38512, HD 64571, Gaia DR3 5593530115124856576. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.