Its story

HIP 42505 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 42505: right ascension 8h 39m 59s, declination −59° 32′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 42505. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 42505, HD 74236, Gaia DR3 5302526942447929344. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.