Its story

HIP 39420 has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 39420: right ascension 8h 3m 30s, declination −42° 56′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 39420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 39420, HD 66812, Gaia DR3 5533107381336696192. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.