Its story

HIP 3142 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 3142: right ascension 0h 39m 58s, declination −33° 57′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 3142. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 3142, HD 3735, Gaia DR3 5006886991788263808. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.