Its story

HIP 39178 has a visual magnitude of about 8.58: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39178: right ascension 8h 0m 47s, declination +14° 38′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Canis Minor constellation (IAU figure CMi).

HIP 39178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39178, Gaia DR3 654399535255822464. In the SkyKeepsake Canis Minor (CMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.