Its story

HIP 42653 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42653: right ascension 8h 41m 35s, declination −44° 59′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42653. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42653, HD 74319, Gaia DR3 5522305023194302208. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.