Its story

HIP 32243 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 32243: right ascension 6h 43m 53s, declination −25° 32′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 32243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32243, HD 48758, Gaia DR3 2920514715460813312. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.