Its story

HIP 38506 has a visual magnitude of about 9.25: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 38506: right ascension 7h 53m 7s, declination +17° 41′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 38506. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 38506, Gaia DR3 668282896782732672. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.