Its story

HIP 38953 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38953: right ascension 7h 58m 11s, declination +51° 21′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 38953. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38953, HD 64812, Gaia DR3 935859531119935360. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.