Its story

HIP 32038 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 32038: right ascension 6h 41m 33s, declination −60° 41′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Pictor constellation (IAU figure Pic).

HIP 32038. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 32038, HD 48858, Gaia DR3 5480073262596305920. In the SkyKeepsake Pictor (Pic) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.