Its story

HIP 38009 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38009: right ascension 7h 47m 24s, declination +17° 13′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38009. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38009, Gaia DR3 668091272520381568. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.