Its story

HIP 37261 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 37261: right ascension 7h 39m 7s, declination −18° 40′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 37261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 37261, HD 61554, Gaia DR3 5717041176851770112. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.