Its story

HIP 42291 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42291: right ascension 8h 37m 20s, declination −40° 8′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42291. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42291, HD 73524, Gaia DR3 5528591961953902720. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.