Its story

HIP 42857 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42857: right ascension 8h 44m 1s, declination −38° 46′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42857. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42857, HD 74674, Gaia DR3 5528960951188754432. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.