Its story

HIP 42794 has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42794: right ascension 8h 43m 12s, declination −79° 4′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 42794. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42794, HD 75747, Gaia DR3 5209024611054646272. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.