Its story

HIP 38942 has a visual magnitude of about 7.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38942: right ascension 7h 58m 5s, declination −37° 34′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38942, HD 65615, Gaia DR3 5538275017268079616. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.