Its story

HIP 38696 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38696: right ascension 7h 55m 21s, declination +40° 21′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38696, HD 64386, Gaia DR3 920671152372302848. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.