Its story

HIP 42775 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42775: right ascension 8h 42m 57s, declination −35° 56′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42775. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42775, HD 74475, Gaia DR3 5626255292023430400. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.