Its story

HIP 39131 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39131: right ascension 8h 0m 17s, declination −37° 50′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 39131. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39131, Gaia DR3 5538211932786670592. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.