Its story

HIP 38079 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38079: right ascension 7h 48m 12s, declination −24° 34′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38079. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38079, HD 63485, Gaia DR3 5614537762251710848. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.