Its story

HIP 39883 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 39883: right ascension 8h 8m 49s, declination +12° 57′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 39883. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39883, Gaia DR3 650193387884809728. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.