Its story

HIP 42263 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42263: right ascension 8h 37m 4s, declination −26° 24′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42263. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42263, HD 73335, Gaia DR3 5647062862383530112. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.