Its story

HIP 38871 has a visual magnitude of about 9.17: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38871: right ascension 7h 57m 18s, declination +21° 42′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 38871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38871, Gaia DR3 673979397805790464. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.