Its story

HIP 37256 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 37256: right ascension 7h 39m 4s, declination +11° 52′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 37256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 37256, HD 61297, Gaia DR3 3162259939010364672. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.