Its story

HIP 19242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19242: right ascension 4h 7m 25s, declination −42° 55′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 19242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19242, HD 26262, Gaia DR3 4839048740832044928. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.