Its story

HIP 39247 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39247: right ascension 8h 1m 35s, declination +14° 2′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 39247. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39247, HD 65916, Gaia DR3 654297452473406720. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.