Its story

HIP 38551 has a visual magnitude of about 6.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38551: right ascension 7h 53m 39s, declination −23° 18′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38551, HD 64566, Gaia DR3 5710796156968154112. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.