Its story

HIP 42495 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42495: right ascension 8h 39m 50s, declination −34° 0′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42495. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42495, HD 73947, Gaia DR3 5638759419290872576. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.