Its story

HIP 38955 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 38955: right ascension 7h 58m 12s, declination −39° 36′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 38955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38955, HD 65683, Gaia DR3 5537771818898623488. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.