Its story

HIP 42893 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 42893: right ascension 8h 44m 28s, declination −32° 1′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 42893. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42893, HD 74710, Gaia DR3 5639553953878507136. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.