Its story

HIP 42912 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42912: right ascension 8h 44m 42s, declination −23° 47′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42912. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42912, HD 74690, Gaia DR3 5653631001242246528. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.