Its story

HIP 38408 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38408: right ascension 7h 52m 8s, declination −42° 19′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Puppis constellation (IAU figure Pup).

HIP 38408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38408, HD 64441, Gaia DR3 5532641291486459904. In the SkyKeepsake Puppis (Pup) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.