Its story

HIP 32116 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32116: right ascension 6h 42m 29s, declination −3° 18′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Monoceros constellation (IAU figure Mon).

HIP 32116. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32116, HD 48253, Gaia DR3 3105632650641081344. In the SkyKeepsake Monoceros (Mon) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.