Its story

HIP 38972 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 38972: right ascension 7h 58m 30s, declination +2° 56′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38972, HD 65372, Gaia DR3 3088259988963761024. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.