Its story

HIP 39899 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39899: right ascension 8h 8m 57s, declination −71° 43′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 39899. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39899, HD 68950, Gaia DR3 5221219397597114752. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.