Its story

HIP 38316 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38316: right ascension 7h 51m 0s, declination −24° 31′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38316. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38316, HD 64042, Gaia DR3 5614503539951188352. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.