Its story

HIP 42997 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 42997: right ascension 8h 45m 47s, declination −44° 14′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 42997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42997, HD 75009, Gaia DR3 5523757856003018752. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.