Its story

HIP 38491 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38491: right ascension 7h 52m 59s, declination +6° 41′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 38491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38491, HD 64190, Gaia DR3 3144042680606469120. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.