Its story

HIP 38388 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38388: right ascension 7h 51m 49s, declination −20° 43′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38388. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38388, HD 64172, Gaia DR3 5712585268542785664. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.