Its story

HIP 32642 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32642: right ascension 6h 48m 35s, declination −27° 22′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 32642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32642, HD 49702, Gaia DR3 2919230211001028096. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.