Its story

HIP 39282 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39282: right ascension 8h 1m 57s, declination −27° 12′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 39282. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39282, HD 66306, Gaia DR3 5600986934273230464. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.