Its story

HIP 32801 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32801: right ascension 6h 50m 17s, declination −17° 17′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 32801. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32801, HD 49955, Gaia DR3 2946042867198574336. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.