Its story

HIP 38517 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38517: right ascension 7h 53m 16s, declination +15° 35′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38517, HD 64188, Gaia DR3 666761653725840384. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.