Its story

HIP 42918 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42918: right ascension 8h 44m 47s, declination −22° 17′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42918, HD 74708, Gaia DR3 5702284837447270400. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.