Its story

HIP 32811 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32811: right ascension 6h 50m 24s, declination −16° 1′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Major constellation (IAU figure CMa).

HIP 32811. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32811, HD 49978, Gaia DR3 2946465526339044352. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Major (CMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.