Its story

HIP 38802 has a visual magnitude of about 7.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38802: right ascension 7h 56m 28s, declination +11° 44′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38802. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38802, HD 64868, Gaia DR3 3151125150395987456. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.