Its story

HIP 38642 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38642: right ascension 7h 54m 46s, declination +49° 47′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38642, HD 64124, Gaia DR3 934172708484311680. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.