Its story

HIP 38979 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38979: right ascension 7h 58m 35s, declination +43° 30′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38979, HD 65041, Gaia DR3 923063449155383936. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.