Its story

HIP 33008 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 33008: right ascension 6h 52m 41s, declination −26° 6′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 33008. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33008, HD 50538, Gaia DR3 2920939126949335168. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.