Its story

HIP 38404 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38404: right ascension 7h 52m 4s, declination +59° 30′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38404. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38404, HD 63385, Gaia DR3 1083015521680745344. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.