Its story

HIP 42989 has a visual magnitude of about 6.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42989: right ascension 8h 45m 44s, declination −55° 51′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42989. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42989, HD 75152, Gaia DR3 5316731979850619008. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.