Its story

HIP 38138 has a visual magnitude of about 7.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38138: right ascension 7h 48m 58s, declination +0° 39′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38138. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38138, HD 63436, Gaia DR3 3086002004397666304. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.