Its story

HIP 42808 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42808: right ascension 8h 43m 18s, declination −38° 52′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42808. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42808, HD 74576, Gaia DR3 5528866839863569024. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.